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Patent GB-2142921-A (GB)
Title: Triazole derivatives
Inventor: GRASSBERGER MAXIMILIAN
IPC: C07C49/80
Filed: 1984-07-04
Abstract: alpha -Aryl- alpha -R1-1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-ethanols, in which R1 is an olefenic group bearing in the 1-position at the most 1 H-atom and having its double bond in the 2- or 3-position and ethers and esters thereof, are useful as plant fungicides and for treating fungus diseases in man and animals. The compounds may be of the formula:-   <IMAGE>    wherein R1 is as defined above, and R2 and R3, independently, are H; C1-5alkyl, C2-5alkenyl or C1-5alkoxy, unsubstituted or halogenated; phenyl or phenoxy, unsubstituted or substituted; NO2 or halogen, or are ethers and esters thereof, in free form or in acid addition salt, alcoholate or metal complex form.
Patent GB-2156659-A (GB)
Title: Household milk-boiling apparatus
Inventor: MARI MARTINEZ VINCENTE
IPC: A47J27/60
Filed: 1984-07-10
Abstract: A household milk-boiling apparatus comprises a container (6) having adjacent its base a ledge serving as a support for the edge of a perforated concave-convex plate (1) having a central tubular vertical duct (5) along which boiling milk moves before falling into the container. The support edge of the plate is provided with equally spaced notches (4) corresponding with inward projections (7) provided in the container above the ledge. The plate is removably secured in position by a slight rotation after the notches have been passed over the projections (7). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2148289-A (GB)
Title: 3-bicyclicpyridinium-methyl cephalosporins
Inventor: KATNER ALLEN SAMUEL
IPC: C07D501/20
Filed: 1984-10-09
Abstract: Cephalosporin compounds substituted in the 7-position by a 2-(5- or 6-membered heterocyclic)-2-oximinoacetylamino group of the formula   <IMAGE> in which R is hydrogen, formyl,  alpha -aminodipoyl, protected  alpha -aminodipoyl, or an acyl group of the formula   <IMAGE>  in which R' is a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring of the formulae   <IMAGE> R" is hydrogen, C1-C4alkyl, a carboxy-substituted cycloalkyl, or an N-substituted carbamoyl: y and m, independantly, are integers equal to 0, 1, 2 or 3, provided that y plus m equals 3;
Patent GB-2149578-A (GB)
Title: Electric circuit breakers
Inventor: KIDD ALAN LISTER
IPC: H01H71/42
Filed: 1984-10-23
Abstract: In a circuit breaker, closed loop 15 of electrically conducting material is so disposed that it encompasses a magnetic field generated by passage of short circuit current through conductor 17 of the circuit breaker and is so adapted that the forces resulting from the eddy currents induced in the loop 15 during the initial increase of short circuit current cause motion of the loop 15 which is transmitted by mechanical means 13 and 11 to trip bar 124 to cause tripping of the circuit breaker. In the absence of short circuit current, spring 18 holds the loop 15 in a rest position illustrated such that the mechanical means 13, 11 are out of engagement with each other. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2155507-A (GB)
Title: Mechanism for driving guide bars in warp knitting machines
Inventor: PORAT ITZCHAK
IPC: D04B27/26
Filed: 1985-03-07
Abstract: A mechanism for effecting guide bar lapping movement in warp knitting machines comprises a double-acting piston-in-cylinder servo arrangement connected directly to the guide bar. The piston l3 of the arrangement ll may be connected by a rigid yoke arrangement l5 to a rod l6 slidable in linear bearings l7 and connected to the guide bar l2.
Patent GB-2158598-A (GB)
Title: Weighbridge operation
Inventor: BANNISTER STEPHEN LAWRENCE
IPC: G01G19/02
Filed: 1985-05-09
Abstract: A weighbridge 1 has load cells 3 measuring the weight of a vehicle V. The weighbridge 1 is provided with: a vehicle-sensing apparatus 9 for sensing the approach of the vehicle V, an interrogation apparatus 10 for transmitting interrogation signals to vehicle-identification apparatus 11 relating to its identity and characteristics, apparatus 7 for receiving information from said vehicle-identification apparatus 11, and for carrying out weighing and weight recording operations with said weighbridge. An output means 8 is included for providing an output containing information relating to the vehicle identification and weight. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2175781-A (GB)
Title: Light-emitting fishing rods
Inventor: MOORE GEORGE CROZIER
IPC: A01K87/00
Filed: 1985-06-01
Abstract: A fishing rod including at its butt end, a power source coupled to a source of light, and at its tip end, a light emitting region, the body of the rod between the butt end and tip end being adapted to transmit light from the source of light along the length of the rod to the light emitting region of the tip to light up the tip of the fishing rod. Preferably the butt end is at least partially hollow and the power source and light source are housed within the fishing rod itself. Preferably also the hollow interior of the rod is spray coated with a coating which reflects light rays from the light source. However, if the rod is solid a fibre optic is accommodated to transmit light from the source to the tip of the rod.
Patent GB-2162693-A (GB)
Title: Antenna systems
Inventor: MURPHY TIMOTHY JOHN
IPC: H01Q3/26
Filed: 1985-07-13
Abstract: A phased array antenna system includes at least three antenna elements 11 disposed equidistantly on the periphery of a circle having a central axis D. The signal passed by each antenna element is fed to a beam former 12, which may be a butler matrix, in which each signal is divided into at least two component signals and respective single component signals are recombined to form at least two mode signals, including a fundamental mode signal M0 and a further mode signal M1. Each mode signal has a radiation pattern with a circular response in azimuth. The fundamental mode signal has a generally constant phase about the central axis D and the further mode signal has a phase distribution which progressively increases with angular displacement about the detecting axis. On reception of a radio signal the relative phase shift between the fundamental and further mode signals is indicative of its angle of arrival. The mode signals are fed to a null steering unit 13 which provides a combined radiation pattern having a null, the unit including a phase shifter whose variation under the control of logic 14 enables the null to be steered. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2162194-A (GB)
Title: Process for removing carbonyl sulphide from liquid hydro-carbon feedstocks
Inventor: DEBRAS GUY L G
IPC: C07C67/00
Filed: 1985-07-19
Abstract: A process for the purification of liquid hydrocarbon feedstocks containing propylene and containing from 1 to 70 ppm of COS, consists in passing the feedstock over an absorbent material comprising nickel deposited on a support, the nickel being present in the form of nickel oxide and in the form of metallic nickel, and the quantity of metallic nickel being between 35 to 70% by weight of the total nickel.
Patent GB-2163951-A (GB)
Title: A body support
Inventor: EVANS JAMES
IPC: A47C20/04
Filed: 1985-08-02
Abstract: A mattress 10 is padded along its complete upwardly facing surface and includes a central, generally flat body support 12 with a pair of elongate supports 14 extending along either side which help prevent a patient from rolling around on the mattress. The mattress also includes a support 16 which, in the raised position shown, is able to support the neck and shoulders of a person lying on their back on an upwardly extending surface 18, with their head resting on the downwardly extending surface 20. The support 16 may be moved to a collapsed position in which it provides a support generally flush with the generally flat body support 12. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2168199-A (GB)
Title: Electric switches
Inventor: BELBEL ELIE
IPC: H01H9/32
Filed: 1985-11-26
Abstract: An electric switch in which a screen is inserted very quickly between two contacts at the moment when they part. The energy of the arc generated between the contacts inside a volume surrounded by an insulating mobile sheath is used to heat gases released, and the resulting gas pressure displaces the sheath quickly, so that the arc passing through an opening in the sheath is sheared between the sheath and the housing. This type of switch is used to advantage in protection apparatus designed to respond to an abnormal increase of the current flowing in a circuit in which they are series mounted, and in switches where rated current is high.
Patent GB-2172977-A (GB)
Title: Washing machine with tumble dryer
Inventor: PARSONS ROGER JAMES
IPC: D06F58/24
Filed: 1986-03-19
Abstract: A combination washing machine having a condensing system in which heated air after leaving the washing machine drum 1 is cooled by a flow of water in which a quantity of water is fed through the condensing system 14 during a washing or rinsing operation at a rate significantly greater than that which takes place during a drying operation in order to flush out lint particles from the system. During a drying operation some of the water is diverted into the liquid trap (52, Fig. 4) located between the dispenser and drum in order to ensure that any water lost from the trap is replenished in order to maintain the effectiveness of the trap. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2177145-A (GB)
Title: Acidizing method
Inventor: WATKINS DAVID R
IPC: C09K8/74
Filed: 1986-06-20
Abstract: Subterranean formations are treated with acid, by a method comprising the steps of: (1) forming an acidizing composition by mixing an aqueous acid component with at least one water-soluble organosilicon compound; and (2) injecting the composition into the formation. Suitable organosilicon compounds include water-soluble organosilanes and organosilanes which hydrolyze to form water-soluble silanols. By using the organo-silicon compound, movement of formation fine particles is inhibited and swelling of clays by aqueous fluids is reduced, thus tending to maintain formation permeability.
Patent GB-2179123-A (GB)
Title: Actuator for a blasting detonator; control device therefor
Inventor: ABOUAV DAVID MICHAEL
IPC: F42D1/055
Filed: 1986-06-26
Abstract: An actuator for use in conjunction with a detonator for blasting comprises electronic circuitry which on receiving input signals generates an output arm signal to arm a detonator, and then after a predetermined delay an output actuate signal to fire the detonator and an associated explosive charge. The delay is capable of being remotely and precisely set. The actuator is preferably used in conjunction with a control device which has a microcomputer whose memory contains arm and actuate codes and which has both arm and actuate keys. This microcomputer is such that the actuate key must be operated within a predetermined period after operation of the arm key, otherwise an actuate signal is not transmitted to the actuator.
Patent GB-2179097-A (GB)
Title: A fuel system for a road vehicle
Inventor: WAINWRIGHT BASIL EARLE
IPC: F02P9/00
Filed: 1986-07-30
Abstract: A fuel system for a road vehicle, which fuel system comprises a valve (12) for reducing vacuum levels in an inlet manifold (130) of an engine during periods when the engine is decelerating, a fuel tank (152), apparatus (pipes 166, 156 and valve 22) for communicating an air space (148) above fuel (150) in the fuel tank (152) of the vehicle with the inlet manifold (130) whereby usable fuel vapour in the air space (148) above the fuel (150) can be introduced to the engine, and apparatus (8), Fig. 1, for providing plasma ignition during operation of the engine. The system may be responsive to engine and vehicle speed, manifold vacuum, throttle position, gear engaged and the oxygen content of the exhaust gases. The plasma ignition apparatus may include energy and spark duration control means responsive to the engine operating conditions. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2185991-A (GB)
Title: Liquid laundering composition with detergent softening properties
Inventor: MAASER HEIDRUN E
IPC: C11D1/722
Filed: 1987-01-28
Abstract: Aqueous liquid detergent compositions having softening and detergency properties comprise an an alkyl glycoside, as the sole softening agent, a nonionic surfactant and an anionic surfactant as three essential ingredients; the nonionic surfactant being in greater amount than the anionic surfactant.
Patent GB-2205474-A (GB)
Title: Poultry conveying
Inventor: WELBOURNE ANTHONY ROBERTS
IPC: A01K45/00
Filed: 1987-04-27
Abstract: Poultry containers in the form of modules are located on a lorry or trailer. Modules may be separated by transverse passages 20 and longitudinal passages 13. Air defectors 21, 22 are provided at opposite ends of passages 20 so that when the vehicle moves an airflow into and through passages 20 is caused by these deflectors. Circulation is also improved in passages 13. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2194721-A (GB)
Title: Angler's fish feed dispensing device
Inventor: GRIFFIN GEORGE ERNEST
IPC: A01K97/02
Filed: 1987-08-03
Abstract: The device has a body 10 accommodating a piston 22 biassed towards end 12. A shank 24 has bore 38 which engages with the fishing line 34. The device is loaded with bait 40 and held so loaded by a plug 42 of mud or bait. The loaded device enters the water and there the plug 42 softens, the spring 30 causes the piston 22 to push the bait out. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2209152-A (GB)
Title: Divisible container
Inventor: WATERS CHRISTOPHER CHARLES
IPC: B65D5/54
Filed: 1987-09-01
Abstract: A container or blank therefore comprises a sheet (1) with margins (6, 7) for forming walls by folding at main fold lines (4) spaced in around the edges of the sheet. Perforated lines of weakness (11) extend across the sheet (1), at which it is divisible into separate pieces (12, 13, 14) each being a sub-blank pre-formed with secondary fold lines (15) and slits (16) for forming a smaller container. A lid for the container may be constructed in the same way to be divisible into sub-blanks for smaller lids of appropriate size for the smaller containers. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2211995-A (GB)
Title: Tyre pressure detector
Inventor: HUANG TIEN-TSAI
IPC: B60C23/00
Filed: 1987-10-30
Abstract: A tyre pressure detector comprises a hollow cylindrical casing (1) having an internal screw thread (101) for attachment to an inflating valve of a tyre. A transverse partition member (12) which divides the casing into two communicating chambers is provided with a projecting pin (121) for pushing the inflating valve to an open position. A cap (3) is secured to the casing for closing one of the chambers, and a piston member (43) responsive to the pressure is mounted in a tube (40) in this chamber. An alarm means (442) is actuated by the piston member under the action of biasing means (41) when the pressure is below a predetermined level and has a portion extending out through the cap (3). The biasing means (41) is overridden when the pressure is above the predetermined level. The alarm means (442) may comprise a rod movable by the piston member (43) through the cap (3) or a lamp which is connected in circuit by an electrical contact on the piston member (43) when the tyre pressure is low. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2214684-A (GB)
Title: Self-correcting display for car road vehicles
Inventor: GILDERDALE IAN
IPC: G09F21/04
Filed: 1988-04-18
Abstract: A display unit is used to mount a display onto a moving, rotating body. It keeps the display at an upright position so that it can be easily recognised. This is achieved by mounting the display onto a weighted nonrevolving display disc 1 that is fixed to a spindle 2 running freely in a hub 3 which is attached to and moves with the moving body. It is designed to overcome forces that act on, for example, a car wheel, it overcomes the revolvement of the wheel, it minimises the force that acts on the weights 5 on acceleration and deceleration and the disc will remain stable when a lateral or vertical force acts on it. The unit itself is balanced with a spacer 7 for smoother operation. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2220192-A (GB)
Title: A dispenser
Inventor: HO CHUN-WING
IPC: A47K10/44
Filed: 1988-06-30
Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing sheet material comprises a housing adapted to contain sheet material in a stack, and a dispensing mechanism arranged to be moved along a guide slot (10) formed in the front wall of the housing, and adapted to frictionally engage a sheet of the stack to dispense the sheet through an opening (9) when the dispensing mechanism is moved from a retracted to a forward position. The dispensing mechanism includes a sheet-engaging end (19) having a high-friction surface attached to an external operating tab by fixing means (14) and an elastic strip (23) biasses the end (19) towards the stack and the dispensing mechanism towards a retracted position. The sheets may be folded disposable toilet seat covers. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2222368-A (GB)
Title: Process for control of microorganisms with phosphorus-based compositions
Inventor: EFFENBERGER REINHARD
IPC: A01N57/20
Filed: 1988-09-01
Abstract: Phosphorous-based compositions useful as biocides for the control of a broad spectrum of harmful microorganisms are disclosed. The compositions contain at least one compound included in the general formula:
 
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 wherein;
 R is H or an aliphatic, aromatic, alkyl-aromatic hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, X is hydrogen or halogen, Y is halogen and Z is selected from the group consisting of COOH, CN, COOR or COOR' where R' is H or R except when both X and Y are Cl. The effective concentrations of the biocides vary according to the specific system, generally being in the range of between 0.1 to 5000 parts per million of substrate. The compositions may be employed alone or in the form of mixtures with other known compatible active agents. Experiments carried out on the biocidal activity against various microorganisms showed the high efficiency compared with known biocides.
Patent GB-2227260-A (GB)
Title: Protective covering
Inventor: MOLYNEUX GEORGE HENRY
IPC: E04H17/00
Filed: 1988-09-02
Abstract: A protective cap for use in the building industry. The plastics cap fits over the end of a timber joist to protect it from the elements. It has a series of recesses along its inner surfaces, which recesses allow air to circulate around the joist. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2209849-A (GB)
Title: A tonal metering system
Inventor: MOLLOY PETER JEREMY PAUL
IPC: G03B7/091
Filed: 1988-09-13
Abstract: A method of reproducing the subject tone in a photograph comprises the steps of assessing the tonality of the subject with reference to a tonal scale (6), and assessing exposure parameters such as spot or average metering, shutter speed and aperture as shown at (8), (9) and (10), to ensure accurate reproduction of the tonality of the subject as assessed by the photographer with the aid of the tonal scale (6). Preferably the tonality of the subject is assessed while viewing the tonal scale simultaneously with the subject through the viewfinder (5) of a camera or exposure meter. Preferably the camera or exposure meter includes the tonal scale (6) and indica using LED's (7) adjacent the tonal scale (6) to indicate the selected tonal scale (6) upon which exposure parameters are based, the tonal scale ranging from 1 (maximum under-exposure), 10 (standard exposure) to 16 (maximum over-exposure) in half-stop increments. …<IMAGE>…
Patent GB-2212411-A (GB)
Title: Mixing process and apparatus for bituminous materials
Inventor: MCINTOSH GEORGE GRIFFIN
IPC: E01C19/10
Filed: 1988-11-15
Abstract: A process for the production on site of a batch of hot macadam, asphalt, hot mastic, sealant or like material of predetermined composition comprises heating a batch of prepacked, premixed graded aggregate or other particulate filler in a heater (1), melting a prepacked batch of bitumen or other asphalt binder in a melter (2) and mixing said heated aggregate with said molten asphalt binder in a mixer 3. The heater (1) includes a rotary drum with an internal helical flight, and the mixture 3 includes a static drum which is heated by burners and which is provided with mixing blades on a rotary shaft. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2216812-A (GB)
Title: Race game apparatus
Inventor: KOUZOULIS ANDREAS
IPC: A63F3/00
Filed: 1989-01-13
Abstract: A game board 1 is marked with twenty positions 3 showing the numbers +1 to +20 and -1 to -20, respectively. The apparatus also includes two cuboid dice (not shown) marked on their six sides with the values +1 to +6 and -1 to -6 respectively. In the game the two dice are thrown and summed and the results transferred to the movement of a marker on the board. The apparatus is useful in teaching the mental summing of positive and negative values to young children and others requiring such instruction and has the considerable advantage that, for example, when used as a game by two young children, they compete against each other to make simple calculations quickly and correctly rather than being checked by any supervising adult. In a modification, the board can be replaced by a stepped pyramid, each step corresponding to a number. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2217445-A (GB)
Title: Atomic emission spectrometer with background compensation
Inventor: UWE GUNTHER
IPC: G01N21/74
Filed: 1989-04-10
Abstract: An atomic emission spectrometer for multi-element measurement of elements (A, B, Figures 2, 3) in a sample comprises an apparatus 10 to atomise the sample and to excite the atoms for emitting characteristic spectral lines (A1 - A3, B1 - B3), a dispersion device 20, 24 which generates a spectrum of the light emitted by the atoms in a focal plane 28, and a number of first semiconductor photodetectors 32, each of which is exposed to one of the characteristic spectral lines (A1 - A3, B1 - B3). There is also a number of second semiconductor photodetectors 36 for sensing background emission outside the spectral lines (A1 - A3, B1 - B3). A processing circuit 34 determines the concentrations of the elements with correction for background emission. The processing circuit 34 comprises a signal evaluation circuit to generate a correction signal corresponding to background emission at the wavelengths of the measured spectral lines. 
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Patent GB-2222694-A (GB)
Title: Silver halide photographic emulsions
Inventor: HARVEY KAREN NICOLA
IPC: G03C1/035
Filed: 1989-09-11
Abstract: A silver halide emulsion comprises a colloid medium having dispersed therein silver halide emulsion crystals which comprise at least two layers of different silver halide composition, there being sub-developable silver centres E present at the boundary between two of the layers D, C which have been formed by a reduction sensitisation process. …<??>By sub-developable centres is meant small clusters of silver atoms which increase the inherent light sensitivity of the silver halide grains but which do not contribute substantially to the formation of fog when unexposed silver halide crystals are developed. The reduction sensitisation may be carried out by lowering the pAg or raising the pH, by the use of ionising radiation or by adding a reducing agent to the dispersing medium. …<IMAGE>…
Patent GB-2228310-A (GB)
Title: A beverage cooling system
Inventor: COOK CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL
IPC: B67D1/08
Filed: 1990-02-14
Abstract: An insulated multi-beverage pipeline (python) cooling system incorporates a temperature sensor 14 to control the speed of a pump 8 and hence the flow of cooling water through the python 11 to prevent over or under cooling of the python. The speed of the pump may be controlled or varied automatically according to time. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2229735-A (GB)
Title: Electrolytic recovery of precious metals from electromechanical contacts
Inventor: BOSTOCK DAVID ERIC
IPC: C25F5/00
Filed: 1990-02-28
Abstract: A method of recovering precious metal contacts from the tips of contact arms of base metal comprising providing an electrolytic system consisting of an anode, a cathode, an electrolyte and an electrical power source, electrically connecting the contacts to form the anode, placing the anode and the cathode in the electrolyte, and connecting the electrical power source to apply a potential difference across the anode and cathode, whereby metal is electrolytically removed from the arms to release the contacts.